Hybrid variety H1301

ABSTRACT

Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1301’ is described. The ‘H1301’ tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No.14/690,278, filed Apr. 17, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,861,046, whichclaims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/993,537, filedMay 15, 2014, which are hereby incorporated by reference in theirentireties.

FIELD

This invention relates to the field of plant breeding. In particular,this invention relates to new tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, varietydenominated ‘H1301’.

BACKGROUND

Breeding improved tomato varieties involves providing genetics that givean advantage to the grower, processor, consumer, or other member of thesupply chain. The improvement may be in the form of field performance,disease resistance, factory performance, or a fruit qualitycharacteristic. For a tomato variety to be suitable to be grown forprocessing, the variety must have a concentrated fruit setting andmaturity, firm fruit, and sufficient rot tolerance to allow early fruitto remain rot-free while later fruit continues to develop and ripen.

Most commercial processing tomato varieties are hybrids resulting from across pollination of two true-breeding, inbred parents. Through the useof true-breeding lines, a hybrid is produced that often displayscharacteristics of each parent, and often demonstrates characteristicsthat are superior to either parent alone, or that allow a hybrid to maskinadequacies of the individual parents.

Processing tomato varieties combining high levels of tolerance tobacterial canker (Clavibacter michiganense ssp. michiganense), earlyblight (Alternaria solani), and bacterial spot (Xanthomonas spp.) arehighly desirable in humid climates where these diseases presentproduction issues.

Moreover, in regions such as California, the industry has begun to see aconsiderable amount of pressure from two particular diseases: tomatospotted wilt virus (TSWV) and Fusarium oxysporum pv. lycopersici race 3(fusarium wilt race 3). Thus, varieties with resistance to either orboth are in high demand by both growers and processors to ensure aproductive crop cycle.

An additional important contribution that tomatoes provide to the humandiet is the antioxidant lycopene. Specifically, processing tomatovarieties are the key form of tomato intake in the US diet. Higherlevels of lycopene are beneficial both from a nutritional standpoint andfrom a consumer perception and quality standpoint. Tomato varietieshaving higher levels of lycopene result in products with a deeper redcolor that can be considered an indicator of higher product quality.Thus, a tomato variety with higher levels of lycopene can be valuablefrom both a nutritional standpoint and a quality standpoint. However, tobe commercially viable and useful, the tomato variety must performacceptably as required by any other processing tomato variety.

SUMMARY

In order to meet these needs, the present invention provides improvedtomato variety ‘H1301’, which is a medium-early maturity variety withresistance to early blight, bacterial spot, and bacterial cankerdiseases of tomato coupled with superior field yield, as compared toindustry standard varieties such as ‘H3402’ and ‘H9706’. The variety‘H1301’ has resistance to verticillium wilt race 1, fusarium wilt races1 and 2, root knot nematode, bacterial canker, bacterial spot, and earlyblight. The fruit of ‘H1301’ is smooth with an average fruit weight of58 grams. Tolerance to fruit rot in ‘H1301’ is strong, allowing foronce-over machine harvesting applications requiring extended fieldholding.

The characteristics that determine the quality of tomato fruit used forprocessing are different from that of tomato fruit used for the freshmarket. Processing characteristics are commonly tested on samples oftomato pulp or juice produced in a way that is well known in the art.For example, a fixed mass of tomatoes may be cooked in a microwave ovenfor several minutes to halt any enzymatic breakdown of the sample, lostwater is replaced, and the sample is pulped to remove skin and seeds toproduce a uniform juice sample. The juice sample can be analyzed forvarious quality parameters important to processing tomato including, butnot limited to, gross viscosity measurements such as juice Bostwick,soluble solids measurements using a refractometer (°Brix), measurementsof acidity and pH, and measurements of color via a Hunter a/b score. TheHunter a/b score is an international industry and USDA standard colormeasurement of tomato products that provides a representation of thecolor of the product in a single dimensionless unit. The “a” valuerepresents color on the green to red dimension whereas “b” representsthe blue to yellow dimension; a higher a/b ratio is associated with morered color and is often considered a superior product.

Tomato varieties contain varying levels of lycopene (Garcia and Barrett,2006). Lycopene content of tomato juice can be measured using a protocoldeveloped by Anthon and Barrett (2001), which involves an ethanol/hexaneextraction followed by quantification using reflectance at 503 nm.

As used herein, tomato variety ‘H1301’, tomato plant ‘H1301’, tomatoseed ‘H1301’, and ‘H1301’ all refer to the hybrid tomato variety‘H1301’, and parts and seeds thereof, having ATCC Accession NumberPTA-124118.

Accordingly, in one embodiment, the present invention is directed totomato seed designated as ‘H1301’ having ATCC Accession NumberPTA-124118. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to atomato plant and parts isolated therefrom produced by growing ‘H1301’tomato seed. In another embodiment, the present invention is directed toa tomato plant and parts isolated therefrom having all the physiologicaland morphological characteristics of a tomato plant produced by growing‘H1301’ tomato seed having ATCC Accession Number PTA-124118. In stillanother embodiment, the present invention is directed to an F₁ hybridtomato seed, plants grown from the seed, and leaves, ovules, pollen,tomato fruit, cotyledons, embryos, meristems, anthers, roots, root tips,pistils, flowers, stems, calli, stalks, hypocotyls, and pericarpsisolated therefrom having ‘H1301’ as a parent, wherein ‘H1301’ is grownfrom ‘H1301’ tomato seed having ATCC Accession Number PTA-124118.

Tomato plant parts include leaves, ovules, pollen, tomato fruit,cotyledons, embryos, meristems, anthers, roots, root tips, pistils,flowers, stems, calli, stalks, hypocotyls, pericarps, and the like. Inanother embodiment, the present invention is further directed to tomatofruit, stems, leaves, parts of leaves, roots, root tips, pollen, ovules,and flowers isolated from ‘H1301’ tomato plants. In another embodiment,the present invention is further directed to tissue culture or cellsderived from ‘H1301’ tomato plants.

In yet another embodiment, the present invention is further directed toa method of selecting tomato plants by a) growing ‘H1301’ tomato plantswherein the ‘H1301’ plants are grown from tomato seed having ATCCAccession Number PTA-124118; and b) selecting a plant from step a). Inanother embodiment, the present invention is further directed to tomatoplants, plant parts and seeds produced by the tomato plants, where thetomato plants are isolated by the selection method of the invention.

In another embodiment, the present invention is further directed to amethod of breeding tomato plants by crossing a tomato plant with a plantgrown from ‘H1301’ tomato seed having ATCC Accession Number PTA-124118.In still another embodiment, the present invention is further directedto tomato plants, tomato parts from the tomato plants, and seedsproduced therefrom where the tomato plant is isolated by the breedingmethod of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

The patent or application file contains at least one drawing executed incolor. Copies of this patent or patent application publication withcolor drawings will be provided by the office upon request and paymentof the necessary fee.

The FIGURE illustrates fruit from tomato variety ‘H1301’.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

‘H1301’ Tomato Variety

Described herein is a new and distinct tomato variety named ‘H1301’ thatwas developed to provide a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety (i.e.,not grown on stakes) that is suitable for machine harvest, and isadaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as Michigan, USA;Ohio, USA; Indiana, USA; Pennsylvania, USA; California, USA; andsouthern Ontario, Canada.

Plants of the tomato variety ‘H1301’ are resistant to verticillium wiltrace 1, fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, and root knot nematode, andstrongly tolerant to early blight, bacterial spot, and bacterial canker.Additionally, plants of the tomato variety ‘H1301’ are light green incolor with a larger sprawling vine size compared to other tomatovarieties of the same market class. Fruit from the tomato variety‘H1301’ peel easily and are in the second-early maturity class.Moreover, the tomato variety ‘H1301’ is adapted to culture in humidgrowing regions such as the eastern United States and southern Ontario,Canada.

Stability of the ‘H1301’ Tomato Variety

The tomato variety ‘H1301’ is uniform and stable within commerciallyacceptable limits. As is true with other tomato varieties, a smallpercentage of variants can occur within commercially acceptable limitsfor almost any characteristic during the course of repeatedmultiplication. However no variants were observed during the two yearsin which the variety was observed to be uniform and stable. Maturity of‘H1301’ can vary based upon climate conditions; in some locations, thevariety is considered an early season variety, while at other locationsit can be considered a midseason variety.

Characterization of the ‘H1301’ Tomato Variety

Seedling

Anthocyanin in hypocotyl of 2-15 cm seedling: Present

Habit of 3-4 week old seedling: Normal

Mature Plant

Growth: Determinate

Form: Normal

Size of canopy (compared to others of similar type): Large

Habit: Sprawling (e.g., decumbent)

Stem

Branching: Profuse (e.g., ‘UC82’)

Branching at cotyledonary or first leafy node: Present

Number of nodes below first inflorescence: 10 or more

Number of nodes between early (1st-2nd, 2nd-3rd) inflorescences: 1-2

Number of nodes between later developing inflorescences: 1-2

Pubescence on younger: Sparsely hairy (scattered long hairs)

Leaf (mature leaf beneath the 3rd inflorescence)

Type: Tomato

Morphology of mature leaf: Compound with major and minor leaflets

Margins of major leaflets: Shallowly toothed or scalloped

Marginal rolling or wiltiness: Absent

Onset of leaflet rolling: Not present

Surface of major leaflets: Rugose (bumpy or veiny)

Pubescence: Normal

Inflorescence (observations from 3rd inflorescence)

Type: Forked

Average number of flowers in inflorescence: 9

Leafy or “running” inflorescences: Absent

Flower

Calyx: Normal, lobes awl-shaped

Calyx-lobes: Approximately equaling corolla

Corolla color: Yellow

Style pubescence: Sparse

Anthers: All fused into tube

Fasciation (1st flower of 2nd or 3rd inflorescence): Absent

Fruit (3rd fruit of 2nd or 3rd cluster)

Typical fruit shape: Round, slightly elongated

Shape of transverse section: Round

Shape of stem end: Flat

Shape of blossom end: Flat

Shape of pistil scar: Dot

Abscission layer: Absent (jointless)

Point of detachment of fruit at harvest: At calyx attachment

Average length (in mm) of mature fruit (stem axis): 56.1 mm

Average diameter (in mm) of fruit at widest point: 41.3 mm

Average weight (in g) of mature fruit: 58 g

Number of locules: Two

Fruit surface: Smooth

Fruit base color (mature-green stage): Apple or medium green

Fruit pattern (mature-green stage): Uniform green

Fruit color, full-ripe: Red

Flesh color full-ripe: Red/Crimson

Flesh color: Uniform

Locular gel color of table-ripe fruit: Red

Ripening: Blossom to stem end

Ripening: Uniformly

Stem scar size: Small (e.g., ‘Roma’)

Core: Coreless (absent or smaller than 6×6 MM)

Epidermis color: Yellow

Epidermis: Normal

Epidermis texture: Average

Thickness of the pericarp: 8.6 mm

Disease and Pest Reaction

Disease and Pest Reaction: Resistant to verticillium wilt race 1,fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, root knot nematode, early blight, bacterialspot, and bacterial canker

Chemistry and Composition of Full-Ripe Fruits

TABLE 1 Variety Check Variety Check Variety ‘H1301’ ‘H9553’ ‘H3402’Soluble solids as ° Brix 5.18 4.77 5.17 Juice Bostwick 15.2 12.4 12.2Fruiting season: Medium (e.g., ‘Westover’)Relative maturity in areas tested: Variable. Trials performed in oneyear demonstrated an early variety. In subsequent trials the followingyear, ‘H1301’ was a medium early to medium maturity variety.AdaptationCulture: FieldPrinciple use(s): Concentrated products and whole-pack canningMachine harvest: AdaptedRegions to which adaptation has been demonstrated: Northeastern USA;California: Sacramento and Upper San Joaquin Valley

Further Embodiments

Additional methods include, without limitation, chasing selfs. Chasingselfs involves identifying inbred plants among tomato plants that havebeen grown from hybrid tomato seed. Once the seed is planted, the inbredplants may be identified and selected due to their decreased vigorrelative to the hybrid plants that grow from the hybrid seed, or byenzymatic or DNA patterns. By locating the inbred plants, isolating themfrom the rest of the plants, and self-pollinating them (i.e., “chasingselfs”), a breeder can obtain an inbred line that is identical to aninbred parent used to produce the hybrid.

Accordingly, another aspect of the present invention relates a methodfor producing an inbred tomato variety by: planting seed of the tomatovariety ‘H1301’; growing plants from the seed; identifying one or moreinbred tomato plants; controlling pollination in a manner whichpreserves homozygosity of the one or more inbred plants; and harvestingresultant seed from the one or more inbred plants. The step ofidentifying the one or more inbred tomato plants may further includeidentifying plants with decreased vigor, i.e., plants that appear lessrobust than plants of the tomato variety ‘H1301’. Tomato plants capableof expressing substantially all of the physiological and morphologicalcharacteristics of the parental inbred lines of tomato variety ‘H1301’include tomato plants obtained by chasing selfs from seed of tomatovariety ‘H1301’.

One of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that once a breeder hasobtained inbred tomato plants by chasing selfs from seed of tomatovariety ‘H1301’, the breeder can then produce new inbred plants such asby sib-pollinating, or by crossing one of the identified inbred tomatoplant with a plant of the tomato variety ‘H1301’.

DEPOSIT INFORMATION

A deposit of tomato variety ‘H1301’ is maintained by HeinzSeed Company,having an address at 6755 C. E. Dixon, Stockton, Calif. 95206, UnitedStates of America. Access to this deposit will be available during thependency of this application to persons determined by the Commissionerof Patents and Trademarks to be entitled thereto under 37 C.F.R. § 1.14and 35 U.S.C. § 122. Upon allowance of any claims in this application,all restrictions on the availability to the public of the variety‘H1301’ will be irrevocably removed by affording access to a deposit ofat least 2,500 seeds of the variety with the American Type CultureCollection, (ATCC), ATCC Patent Depository, 10801 University Boulevard,Manassas, Va., 20110, USA.

Tomato Variety ‘H1301’

At least 2500 seeds of tomato variety ‘H1301’ were deposited on Apr. 18,2017 according to the Budapest Treaty in the American Type CultureCollection (ATCC), ATCC Patent Depository, 10801 University Boulevard,Manassas, Va., 20110, USA. The deposit has been assigned ATCC numberPTA-124118. Access to this deposit will be available during the pendencyof this application to persons determined by the Commissioner of Patentsand Trademarks to be entitled thereto under 37 C.F.R. § 1.14 and 35U.S.C. § 122. Upon allowance of any claims in this application, allrestrictions on the availability to the public of the variety will beirrevocably removed for the enforceable life of the patent.

The deposit will be maintained in the ATCC depository, which is a publicdepository, for a period of 30 years, or 5 years after the most recentrequest, or for the effective life of the patent, whichever is longer,and will be replaced if a deposit becomes nonviable during that period.

The invention claimed is:
 1. Tomato seed designated as ‘H1301’,representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC AccessionNumber PTA-124118.
 2. A plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1.3. A plant part from the plant of claim 2, wherein the part is selectedfrom the group consisting of leaves, ovules, pollen, tomato fruit,cotyledons, meristems, anthers, roots, root tips, pistils, flowers,stems, calli, stalks, hypocotyls, and pericarps.
 4. The plant part ofclaim 3, wherein said part is tomato fruit.
 5. A tomato plant having allthe physiological and morphological characteristics of the tomato plantof claim
 2. 6. A plant part from the plant of claim 5, wherein said partis selected from the group consisting of leaves, ovules, pollen, tomatofruit, cotyledons, meristems, anthers, roots, root tips, pistils,flowers, stems, calli, stalks, hypocotyls, and pericarps.
 7. The plantpart of claim 6, wherein said part is tomato fruit.
 8. Pollen of theplant of claim
 2. 9. An ovule of the plant of claim
 2. 10. A tissueculture of the plant of claim
 2. 11. A method of making tomato seeds,the method comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with another tomatoplant and harvesting seed therefrom.